The knowledge I acquired in 15-20 years of manufacturing garments is gone and trying to restore it will take decades .
I acquired it as a child from my Fathers experience in the 1930.s .The knowledge of how to do it ..from pattern making ,spreading ,cutting ,sewing, sales,
Repairing and maintaining equipment ..I did it all ! I specialized as did all of us ..My expertise was in the sewing room assembly .,and repairing motors Bearings,machine parts ,attachments etc.My dad specialized in cutting room ,buying the cloth ,spreading ,cutting ..Uncle specialized in finishing after I sewed ,he ran pressing department ,buttons & Button Holes ,cleaning ,hanging on hangars ..Dad again controlled shipping as did his Sales Partner ..We all shared office staff of 4. That did Payroll ,accounting and the like.The knowledge loss that took decades to get was repeated in Factory after Factory that closed…